Mahala Yerxa

• Daughter of John Yerxa and Joanna Sarah Merrithew
• Born 14 March 1815 Douglas Parish, York County NB
• Married Samuel Dow 17 November 1834
• Lived in Dow Settlement, (between the village of Meductic and the village of Canterbury in York County NB
• Died October 1889
• Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery, York County NB

• Samuel Dow was born 25 September 1810
• Son of Jesse Dow (b.1772 d. 1867) and Mary Tidley or Teed (b 1772 d. 1869)
• Samuel was a brother of Jacob Dow who had married Frances Yerxa
• Was a farmer
• Was Baptist in religion
• Died 30 September 1886
• Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery, York County NB

Children of Mahala Yerxa and Samuel Dow

1. Milne L. Dow born 29 October 1835
   Married Olive A. Tompkins, 8 children
   Died 19 March 1918
   Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery
   Olive Tompkins was born 21 May 1836, died 20 May 1891
2. Charles P. Dow born 1837
   Married Caroline Dickinson, 6 children
   Died 1909
3. Emma M. (Amy) Dow born 1839
   Married Elias Yerxa 5 July 1860, 5 children
   Died 1902
4. Gideon Yerxa Dow born 1840
   Married Caroline Dow, 3 children
   Died 1933
5. Amaziah M. Dow born 27 August 1841
   Married Adelaide Tompkins, 8 children
   Died 15 January 1928
   Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery
   Adelaide Tompkins born 25 June 1844 died 30 December 1903
6. Archibald (Archie) Dow born 1842
   Married Sarah Dickinson, 10 children
   Died 1891
7. Barbara Yerxa Dow born 25 June 1844
   Unmarried
   Died 7 January 1864
   Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery
8. Ruth Dow born 1847
   Married George D. Dow, 5 children
   Died 1900
9. Joanna Dow born 26 April 1847
   Married James Brittney, 1 child
   Died 1 May 1900
   Buried in Lower Meductic Cemetery
10. Lydia Jane Dow born 1849
    Married John Moxon, 5 children
    Died 1944
11. John Yerxa Dow born 1850
    Married Ella Porter, 10 children
    Died 1931
12. Thursa Dow born 1851
    Married Charles Simpson, 1 child
    Died 1896
13. Samuel Howard Dow born 1853
    Married Almeda Johnston, 4 children
    Died 1923
14. Alice Dow born 1855
    Married Farrell Maxon, 2 children
    Died 1922
15. Asa Dow born 1858
    Married (1) Ada Bishop, 4 children
    Died 1931
16. Frances Loretta Dow born 1860
    Married (1) Ardean Sawtelle, (2) James Ramsdell, (3) James McIntyre (4) Charles McLaughlin, no children
    Died 1934
17. Dudley James Dow born 1863
    Married Mina Saunderson, 6 children
    Died 1935